# billen
## Danish
### Noun

billen c
* definite singular of bille

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɪ.lə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bil‧len
* Rhymes: -ɪlən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch billen, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). Related to Old Norse bíldr (“bloodletting knife”).

#### Verb

billen
* (transitive) to sharpen, to apply grooves to a millstone
** 2007, Traditie, page 18:Ze vraagt het de molenaar en die vertelt haar dat de molen gebild is. (Billen is het scherpen van de molenstenen.)She asks the miller, and they tell her that the mill has been billed. (Billing is sharpening of the millstones.)

##### Derived terms

* bilhamer

#### Further reading

* van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “billen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

### Etymology 2

From bil.

#### Verb

billen
* (transitive) to bed, to have sex with
** 2007, Traditie, page 18:Hij voegt er aan toe dat zij ook wel sneller zou zijn als ze gebild zou zijn. Dat wil het onervaren meisje wel en betaalt de molenaar om haar te billen (beslapen) (volksverhalenbank TAM182).(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

billen
* plural of bil

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic stem as billeg (“to sway, waggle”) +‎ -en (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbilːɛn]
* Hyphenation: bil‧len
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Verb

billen
* (intransitive) to tilt, slant, lean, swing, dip (used with lative suffixes; to move suddenly from one direction to another due to a change in its equilibrium)
    Synonyms: megdől, dől, lendül, hanyatlik, csuklik
    Merre billen a mérleg? ― Which way will the scale dip?

#### Derived terms

* billenékeny
* billenés
* billent
* billentyű
(With verbal prefixes):
* átbillen
* elbillen
* előrebillen
* felbillen
* félrebillen
* hátrabillen
* helyrebillen
* kibillen
* lebillen
* megbillen
* visszabillen

#### Related terms

* billeg

### References

* ↑ billen in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

### Further reading

* billen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* billen in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Old High German bellan, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare German bellen, English bellow, Icelandic belja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbilen/, [ˈbilən]
* Rhymes: -ilən

### Verb

billen (third-person singular present billt, past participle gebillt, auxiliary verb hunn)
* (intransitive) to bark

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

billen m
* definite singular of bille